California, Los Angeles County
Where Cerritos's records are kept. Cerritos has its own city government and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Cerritos's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Los Angeles County offices are on our Los Angeles County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property records
County office that values property in Los Angeles County. Offers a property search tool, homeowners and veterans exemptions, Proposition 19 transfers, decline in value reviews and business property statement filing.
Open official site Los Angeles County AssessorState records
The Secretary of State's archives holds over 105,000 cubic feet of California government records, maps and photographs, described in its Minerva catalog, including court, legislative, land grant and family history collections.
Open official site California State Archives CollectionsCounty court
Bankruptcy court for California's Central District, offering PACER lookup, online petitions, live chat with court staff and self help desks with pro bono help in each of its five divisions.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of CaliforniaCounty court
Statewide California Courts guide to finding case details on your county court's website or from the court clerk. It holds no case records itself; the county courts keep them.
Open official site California Courts Self-Help Guide: Look Up a Court CaseVital records
CDPH Vital Records keeps California birth, death, fetal death, marriage and divorce records and explains how to order certified copies from the state.
Open official site California Department of Public Health Vital RecordsState records
The California Department of Justice unit that helps police locate missing people and identify unknown persons; its missing persons database, searchable by name, county and description, holds a subset of reported cases.
Open official site California DOJ Missing and Unidentified Persons SectionPolice & jail
Wanted and missing person posters from the FBI Los Angeles Field Office, including Ten Most Wanted fugitives, Most Wanted Fraudsters and cases where agents seek information; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Los Angeles Wanted and Missing PersonsPolice & jail
California Department of Justice listing of registered sex offenders that state law allows it to disclose; some registrants are left out, and registrants who use the search face a fine or jail.
Open official site California Megan's Law WebsiteFederal
Federal statistics table for Cerritos city, California, from the U.S. Census Bureau, giving basic population, business and geography facts; an information icon beside each row names the survey behind it.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Cerritos City Hall at 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, phone (562) 860-0311, with agendas and minutes, water bill payment, permits and inspections, issue reports, business licenses, parking permits and the 2027 election.
Open official site City of CerritosCity records
Official public records 18125 Bloomfield Avenue Cerritos, CA 90703 Phone: (562) 916-1248 Fax: (562) 809-8411
Open official site Cerritos City ClerkPolice & jail
Public safety services 18135 Bloomfield Avenue Cerritos, California 90703 Phone: (562) 860-0044 Fax: (562) 916-1399
Open official site Cerritos Sheriff's StationEverything else, organized
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Local record guide
Local profile
Cerritos, a place of 49,578 people, is in Los Angeles County, whose county seat is City of Los Angeles. Court and property records sit with Los Angeles County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Cerritos's own offices are in the cards above, and our Los Angeles County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in California is run by the California Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Cerritos.
Deeds for property in Cerritos are recorded by the Los Angeles County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Los Angeles County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in California come from the state vital records office, California Department of Public Health Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.